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had to go home in the morning low and 

 dejected. 



We did not waste much time over the 

 broken palanquin, but proceeded on our 

 journey at once, for we were in a 

 dangerous neighbourhood, and, it being 

 onlv the panel that was smashed, we got 

 on as well as before the adventure. 



The road was extremely good, as main 

 roads in India generally are, and we pushed 

 on at a brisk pace. I think my bearers 

 had got an idea into their heads that the 

 tiger was jogging along after them, and 

 this kept them up to the mark, till they 

 changed places with the fresh relay of 

 men. By the evening we had reached the 

 banks of a river which I should have to 

 cross ; but, as it was very high and much 

 swollen, I found I must remain on the 

 bank till the water had subsided in some 



